what are the things we study in both fashion designing and fashion technology?
Hi Meenu
Fashion designing : fashion designing is all about giving artistic look to garments. In this you'll study about disigning of fabrics into beautiful attire.
For fashion designing you can go for Bachelor degree in fashion designing or fashion merchandising in which you'll learn about Textile aided design ( CAD) Technology.
You'll also work on projects that can add to your portfolio and experience. For building great career in Fashion designing you need to develop following qualities:
- creativity - your ideas must be unique , creative and stylish .
- Artistic ability: you should be able to express or sketch your initial ideas on paper.
- Decision making skills: if you are working with teams then you must be able to take decisions related to your designs.
- computer skills are important , you should be able to use computer aided design programs and be familiar with graphics and editing.
- most importantly , communication skills are of utmost importance to deal with team members, clients and giving instructions regarding construction of garment.
- Top colleges for Designing are:
NIFT
NID
Pearl academy
FDDI
Niift
Apeejay
Mits
- Fashion Technology: fashion technology is for those who are interested in dealing with tools and instruments used in designing clothes.
You must pass in class 12 in Science stream with PCM .Also some reputed institute conduct aptitude tests for admission.
Focus area in this course is on manufacturing different types of fabrics which gives wearer comfort.
Fashion technology is a 3 year course. Syllabus includes following subjects:
Essential and applied language skills
Design concept
Basic textiles
Elements of design
Computer applications
Fabric manufacturing
Textile craft
Fashion illustration
Pattern making & construction ll
Home textiles
Fashion merchandising and retailing etc.
Both are Career oriented courses. Based on your interest area, qualification and skills you can choose between both the options whichever is suitable for you.
All The Best!!